FACTS/FLUKES: Tanaka, Calhoun, M. Fulmer, Travis, Simmons

Tanaka a rotation anchor? ... Masahiro Tanaka's (RHP, NYY) decision to pitch through a partially torn UCL put him on thin ice entering 2016 drafts, but he paid dividends with nearly 200 innings of a 3.07 ERA and 1.08 WHIP. A September forearm strain cut Tanaka's season short, so while it seems the injury risk is still there, how do his skills check out?

Year  IP   ERA   xERA  Ctl  Dom  Cmd  GB/LD/FB  H%/S%  FpK  Ball%  SwK  BPV
====  ===  ====  ====  ===  ===  ===  ========  =====  ===  =====  ===  ===
2014  136  2.77  2.76  1.4  9.3  6.7  47/24/29  31/79  62%  32.8%  14%  155
2015  154  3.51  3.34  1.6  8.1  5.1  47/19/34  25/73  63%  33.2%  12%  129
2016  200  3.07  3.68  1.6  7.4  4.6  48/21/31  28/76  64%  32.9%  11%  116

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